“The Net Usage Index for News enables users to monitor global news consumption 24 x 7, seeing in real-time the impact of current events on online media consumption. The Index features: 1) Sociological and geographic trends—who’s consuming news when and where; 2) Traffic by number of visitors per minute-viewed by geographic region or global composite; 3) Traffic by percentage above or below average-viewed by geographic region or global composite.”

Compare : 1) On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama election generated a peak of 8,572,042 visitors per minute; 2) On March 17, 2006, day two of U.S. College Basketball 2006 Playoffs coverage generated a peak of 4,594,098 visitors per minute.